Chapter LIV. *to create the Eastern Judicial District of the State of New York.* Feb. 25, 1865. *Be it enacted by the Senate and Bouse of Representatives of the Unitea States of America in Congress assembled,* That the counties of Kings, Eastern judicial district in New York created
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Chap. LIV.— An Act *to create the Eastern Judicial District of the State of New York.* Feb. 25, 1865. *Be it enacted by the Senate and Bouse of Representatives of the Unitea States of America in Congress assembled,* That the counties of Kings, Eastern judicial district in New York created.Queens, Suffolk, and Richmond, in the State of New York, with the waters thereof, are hereby constituted a separate judicial district of the United States, to be styled the eastern district of New York.
The President of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Judge. Jurisdiction and pay.Senate, shall appoint a district judge for said district who shall reside therein, and who shall possess the same powers and perform the same duties within said district which are now possessed and performed by the district judge of the southern district of New York. The said judge shall also receive the same compensation as is by law provided for the Terms of district and circuit courts.judge of said southern district.
District and circuit courts for the trial of causes shall be held in the city of Brooklyn on the first Wednesday of every month. The courts so to be held shall have the same jurisdiction as is now or may hereafter be vested in other district and circuit Other officers of court.courts of the United States. Such officers shall be appointed for said district and court, and in the same manner and with the same fees and emoluments as prescribed by law for other districts and courts of the United States.
Concurrent jurisdiction of this court. Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted,* That the district court for the said eastern district shall have concurrent jurisdiction with the district court for the southern district of New York over the waters within the counties of New York, Kings, Queens, and Suffolk, in the State of New York, and over all seizures and matters made or done in such waters; and all Process.writs or other process or orders issued out of either of said courts, or by any judge thereof, shall run and be executed in any part of said waters.
Judge to hold court in southern district, when, &c. Sec. 3. *And be it further enacted,* That, in case of the inability on account of sickness of the judge of the district court of the United States for the southern district of New York, to hold any court therein, it shall be the duty of the judge of the said eastern district of New York to hold such court and do and perform all the acts and duties of the judge of said southern district without any additional compensation; and whenever, from pressure of public business or other cause, it shall be deemed desira ble by the judge of said southern district of New York, that the judge of said eastern district perform the duties of a judge in said southern district, an order may be entered to that effect in the records of said district court, and thereupon the judge of said eastern district shall be em powered to do and perform, without additional compensation, within said southern district of New York, and in the district court thereof all the acts and duties of the district judge thereof.
Approved, February 25, 1865.